Chapter 24 (2/2)

“Bullsh*t!” Guo Yuan was infuriated by his suggestion.

“Guo Yuan and Pan Di, Boss thought too highly of you guys,” sneered Zhao Ze. “If you guys won’t go, I will!”

He then rushed toward the fire exit on the east side. Upon seeing this, Pan Di said angrily, “Guo Yuan, Boss was wrong about you! Coward! Let’s go, Li Qi!”

He then pulled Li Qi along and ran after Zhao Ze. The three of them walked down the meandering hallway and soon disappeared out of sight.

Guo Yuan heaved a deep sigh. Why wouldn’t he be worried about Boss? But to rush up without first finding out the current situation would be risky; they’d be walking into certain death.

He gritted his teeth and was about to run after them, but a terrible thought suddenly occurred to him. Something was fishy. Zhao Ze had come in from the left, the west, but he led the others toward the right. Unless the hotel’s structure was circular (it wasn’t), the route that Zhao Ze took was obviously wrong! Had this wicked guy deliberately lead Pan Di in the wrong direction so as to delay the rescue time?

The more Guo Yuan thought about it, the more worried he got. Looking in the direction Zhao Ze had come in from, he sprinted toward it, shouting, “Boss! Hang in there!”

…

“Bang!” Shen Chen leapt up from the ground in a fit of fury. “Zhao Ze! This b*stard!”

Guo Yuan, however, heaved a sigh of relief. “Boss, it’s good that you’re safe… I knew…”

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Chen suddenly said angrily, “Pan Di is in danger!”

” What?” Their jaws dropped open, and their eyes widened.

“I suspect that Zhao Ze is deliberately leading them to their death!” Shen Chen’s eyes burned with hatred. “This guy is sly! Just now, he locked the fire door so that me and Zhao Zhen would be locked in. He must have planned to bring Pan Di and Li Qi to the fourth floor, where there are hundreds of zombies, so that he could use the same ruse…”

Zhao Zhen’s hair stood on end. “Pan Di’s in danger!”

Guo Yuan recalled what a close shave it had been. If Pan Di really had gone up with Zhao Ze, he’d be dead for sure!

Zhao Zhen was on the verge of a mental breakdown. “F*ck. What do we do now, boss!”

Shen Chen hurriedly opened the door and ordered, “You and Guo Yuan, try stopping them! Remember not to go up to the fourth level. Just look for them on the third level!”

Guo Yuan then asked, “How about you, boss?”

“I’ll go up to the fourth level through the fire door!”

Zhao Zhen gasped in surprise. “That’s too dangerous, boss!”

“I can take care of myself. Your priority is to stop them from going further if you manage to find them.”

“Got it!”

They parted ways. Shen Chen traced the route that Zhao Ze had taken with Pan Di. Despite his incredible speed, he didn’t manage to find any of them. Shen Chen was both angry and anxious. As the fire exit at the end of the hallway came into sight, his heart sank. Had Pan Di really been brought up there?

Fury flared in his eyes. He swore that if Zhao Ze had brought Pan Di to the fourth level, he would throw him into the swamp of zombies!

The Black Blade in his hand glistened in the darkness. Wielding the Black Blade, he strode purposefully toward the staircase. As he walked through the same fire door and faced the eerily quiet hallway, his steps became increasingly cautious